MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	15.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 22:37
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 653 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1B83) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 435.27 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 73.8 61% 75.1 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 73.2 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 465 560 581 583 585 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 597 Mixed 492 SusWrite 514 130% 581 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 49.8 169% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 454 373% 544 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 70GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 285 311 326 316 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 472 Mixed 436 SusWrite 294 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 55.1 181% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 142 141 142 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 148 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 141 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 544GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 78 79 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 91.1 Write 74.2 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 77 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 58%
WDC WD32 00AAJS-56M0A0 320GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 292GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 39.3 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 40.9 52% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-083.A00LF 9905403-083.A00LF Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.3% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.1 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 6 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	129x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	13x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	10x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16